CG

9.3

Clean, smooth, delicate — 25 days ago

Sally Wilde

9.8

Wily and coy, leading me down a dusk-lit walkway of cobblestones and cascading ivy, whispering and beckoning through the shadows to a well hidden speakeasy entrance where it knows the doorperson. Must let it open for some minutes before tasting, let the demons out and then the softness reveals itself….
sallywilde.bandcamp.com — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.1

Expected purple-black without variance. Ripe plums and rich prunes dance the dance of dawn and dusk. Dried blackberry and red currant trace their steps. Clean waters flow and blueberry and elderberry emerge. Even bacon fat. This is plump Bordeaux. Graphite washes thinly, revealing black currant and lingonberry fleetingly before settling on dried lavender and dried mallow blossom and briny violet. True to the rue. Tart cherries peek through windows in the rain-slicked, cobbled alley. Cranberry skin. #Bordeaux #chateauFéretLambert #Grézillac #BordeauxRouge #FrenchWine #wine #redwine #bordeauxsupérieur #merlotblend — 6 years ago

with Courtney

Peter Sultan

9.0

Covid-19 wine #2: virtually shared with home boy at dusk. Portuguese Baga, give it air as has a delicate but Nebbiolo-ish shade. 12.5%, Skurnik importer. I’m enjoying Portugal now. Plus my MD/ epidemiologist neighbor listened to my lungs and gave me a clean bill of health. Now to work and help keep our patients healthy in pandemic anxiety. — 6 years ago

Diane Withrow

9.2

Peach pit. Ripe pear on the nose. White clean. Astringent then round. Subtle. Delicate. Hints of stone fruit. Lemon zested. Springtime at dusk. Fireflies. Yet not piccolo nor fairies. Contemplating contentment. My reality is an over warm autumn Sunday evening with chicken in the oven and my excellent dog by my side. Content. So a toast. — 7 years ago

Corey Petersen

9.6

Rutherford Dusk, deep purple, cherry, blackberry, very ready and exceptionally great!! — 7 years ago

Ruth Barnard

9.0

Bev Mo. —good for every day drinking — 8 years ago

M Y

9.5

In the glass, the Virevolte Haut-Médoc unfurls like a velvet curtain parting on an opera at dusk. Its robe is a brooding garnet—deep, moody, suggestive of candlelit chiaroscuro and philosophical malaise. The bouquet is an olfactory aria: first, a plume of graphite and cigar box, as though the wine spent its formative years in the library of a Parisian diplomat. These give way to whispers of stewed blackcurrant, truffle ash, and petrichor on polished leather, evoking an autumnal horseback ride through the forgotten paths of Gascony.

On the palate, the wine does not so much speak as pronounce. The structure is austere yet self-assured, with tannins that march in double-breasted formation. Merlot offers a baritone plushness, while Cabernet Sauvignon contributes a tensile, almost Stoic verticality. Subtle mineral tension runs like a minor key through the mid-palate—an ode, perhaps, to the gravelly terroir that birthed it.

The finish is prolonged and philosophical—less an end than a Socratic ellipsis. One is left pondering not only the provenance of the wine but the transience of joy itself. — a year ago

Ron from VA

9.0

Yes, this a chamboursin fortified build….nevertheless it may be one of the best I’ve had to date! The key, I think, was that 202 was a classic vintage - avg temps and rain….so more exaggerated sugar levels, rather balance in the red hybrid fruit. This actually took on a classic ruby port profile. A rare accomplishment…well done Nate! — 5 years ago

Joshua Figg

9.2

Crisp, acidic, and tart. — 6 years ago

Evan Roberts

9.7

Oh my lord. Perfection ! We brought this back from Paris on our honeymoon back in 1996. Paris-London-Milwaukee-Portland. Full of bell pepper, earthy dusk, leather and dark red rose. So good it opened over the hour we savored it. Thank you for such a great wine inspires me. — 6 years ago

Keith Crump

9.4

1996 muted with shadows of merlot mellowing into floral dusk — 7 years ago

Apocalypse Rex

9.0

This is a delightful wine with notes of vanilla and soft stone fruit. This reminds me of a time when Josh and I were on vacation at the Beach. The breeze settled around dusk as we chuckled over times passed, enjoying the Sun setting over the Plastic Ocean. Later that evening a portal to Tentacle Planet opened up and we were attacked by giant Octopod monsters. But I digress, this wine is quite nice. — 7 years ago

Art Baumgartner

9.0

Easy drinking, neutral red wine — 2 years ago

Steve Cunneen

9.2

Paired with Lobster Spaghetti with the Murray Marshalls at their cottage. Delightful. Second bottle on dock at dusk. — 4 years ago

Larissa Chen

9.3

Peachy blush color. Minerally. Fresh. Salt. Very brief skin contact. Warm Mediterranean Sea. Dusk. — 6 years ago

Benjamin Hall Jr

9.0

1/4th Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon,Grenache and cinsault. A lovely full bodied lip smacking edgy wine... great flavor and easy drinking... perfect for cocktails icy cold at dusk on a hot day! — 6 years ago

Joshua Figg

9.1

Slightly sweet, crisp and acidic. — 7 years ago

Eric Egan

9.4

Wow. This was a truly profound wine. How such lightness and great depth can exist hand in hand is a real conundrum. A beautiful nose of honeyed spring flowers along the Loire - as long as sin and refreshing as a cold bath in a still river at dusk. If that sounds silly it’s probably due to the effects of this bottle... — 7 years ago

Neal Krishna Devaraj

9.3

Very good value at hidden fish. — 8 years ago